27th March 2011 I spent Sunday morning on the Thorpe side of the river for a bit of variety. Carey's Meadow held 4 singing Chiffchaffs a...

25th March 2011 After the excitement of last weeks Bittern, I was quietly hopeful that this could be the year I finally break my Whitlingham...

20th March 2011 . The downside to my increased focus on local birding so far this year has been that I haven't got out to North Norfolk ...

18th March 2011 . As with the previous week I decided to give Whitlingham a try on the Friday evening rather than wade through the crowds at...

Following a morning out I returned home to find an email letting me know about a Ruddy Shelduck at Whitlingham. I considered whether to go a...

12th March 2011 . A trip to the Cathedral so that Cathy could see the Peregrines was unsuccessful, but the warm weather had brought a number...

11th March 2011 The increased daylight and nice weather allowed me to go out birding after work for the first time this year. Whitlingham wa...

6th March 2011 I went out for a jaunt around Norfolk with Gary & his dad, intending to look for the Great White Egret and then make our ...

5th March 2011 Last weeks fence around the Little Broad, which I presumed would be to create a separate area on the north shore for use by e...

2nd March 2011 There are a number of beers named after birds, including the Wagtail Brewery's Best Bittern. Today Norfolk's best kn...

1st March 2011 Whilst on the internet I happened to come across the winter 2010/2011 Whitlingham report, available here: http://www.broads-a...

27th February 2011 . My garden is close to a cemetery, and as such I get a decent variety of birds. However there are some notable absentees...

27th February 2011 . I did consider going to look for the Marlingford Great White Egret, but its a few miles too far from Norwich to be a co...

23rd February 2011 . Taking advantage of the sunny weather Cathy & I went for a walk in Rosary Cemetery. We saw the expected selection o...

21st February 2011 . Before Christmas I had agreed to give one of my non-birding friends a guided walk of Titchwell. On the way we stopped t...